#38394e

Color #38394e

A muted dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 10.36 Nearest Tailwind class gray-700 #364153 · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#38394e

RGB

rgb(56, 57, 78)

HSL

hsl(237.3, 16.4%, 26.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(237.3, 28.2%, 30.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.2%, 26.9%, 0%, 69.4%)

LAB

lab(24.69, 5.06, -12.92)

LCH

lch(24.69, 13.88, 291.39)

OKLCH

oklch(35.3%, 0.0364, 282.2)

HWB

hwb(237.3, 22%, 69.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4e4d38

Analogous

#38444e

#38394e

#42384e

Triadic

#38394e

#4e3839

#394e38

Split-complementary

#38394e

#4e4238

#444e38

Tetradic

#38394e

#4d384e

#4e4d38

#394e38

Square

#38394e

#4e3844

#4e4d38

#384e42

Shades

Color #38394e mixed toward black.

#2f3041

#252634

#1c1d27

#13131a

#090a0d

Tints

Color #38394e mixed toward white.

#525473

#6d6f96

#9293b0

#b6b7cb

#dbdbe5

Tones

Color #38394e mixed toward gray.

#3a3b4c

#3c3c4a

#3e3e49

#3f4047

#414145

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.86:1

White text reads better on this background (11.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#38384a · ΔE 1.3

Deuteranopia

#383848 · ΔE 2.2

Tritanopia

#384645 · ΔE 15.7

Achromatopsia

#3b3b3b · ΔE 11.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #38394e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#38394e]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#38394e (#38394e) is rgb(56, 57, 78) in RGB.

No, #38394e is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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